[Huck]

I'm a United Statesistist.

[Darkwolf377]

...meow?

[Del Rio Wildcat 2]

Obviously the title should have read "interested" rather than "interesting". Lunch hour is over and too much in a hurry to say what needed to be said with few minutes to edit. My apologies.

[AppyPappy]

Sounds whiney. I give it a 2.

[sarasota]

Pick up the white courtesy phone.

[oldleft]

I find the United States quite interesting most of the time.

[MikefromOhio]

So the title is about Iraq, but really it is just a stupid rant then huh?

And yes, for your information, we are not only interested, but invested in BLOOD in Iraq.

[AirForceMom]

Either properly train our troops

Troop trashing?? Our men and women are highly trained.

[traderrob6]

Your writing style is pretty decent, too bad your entire premise is flawed. You will never lose a war when a country where the majority of people (large majority in this case) favor your desired outcome

[teletech]

You call yourself a "patriot" but you stand for NOTHING. Hmmmmmmn.

[r9etb]

If one closely examines our foreign policy -- apart from the baloney put out by the Council on Foreign Relations and their ilk

Tipped your hand here. It's all a plot. Sorry you're not in on it, but we who are in the know realize the utility of encouraging declarations. (Section 3.8.a of the Handbook says so...)

[Billthedrill]

You cannot fight professional terrorists with inadequately) trained (no offense against) US troops. They simply are not able to fight this kind of warfare.

Have you been paying attention? We have and we are. Are you suggesting they are losing?

Have you ever been to Iraq? Have you ever been in the military?

[faq]

We have been warned by several military generals and colonels that you cannot fight a defensive war against terrorists (insurgents). We lost that battle in Vietnam and other places in between as we are now.

Are you saying we are on the defensive rather than the offensive? I would say that installing new governments in Iraq and Afghanistan means we are taking the offense in the war on terrorism.

[xone]

'You cannot fight professional terrorists with inadequately) trained (no offense against) US troops. They simply are not able to fight this kind of warfare.'

Tell it ot the 1000s of dead terrs. You are an idiot, and offense it taken.

[Coop]

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[Coop]

First of all, let me state I am an Americanist patriot. I am not a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian nor any party person.

This Americanist is definitely a party person! Imported beer, domestic women, and lots of those little hot dogs w/cheese wrapped in biscuits!

[Coop]

Hey Joe,

Given the overwhelming response to your last writing, ummm, experiment... maybe you could take a hint and just comment on the articles like the rest of us? Give it some thought.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1324358/posts

Thanks much,
Coop

[dighton]

This is a hurriedly written piece on which I plan to elaborate in the near future.

What have we done to deserve it?

[Southack]

"Now to the main point. I don't believe we are interesting in winning in Iraq."

We already won Iraq. Whatever is left of the former resistance is killing fewer people in Iraq (about 12 to 20 Iraqis and 1 to 2 Americans) than random muggers kill in Brazil each day (110 adults shot dead every day there).

Iraq has a democratic government now. Iraq is a friend of the U.S. now. Iraq produces more oil (2.2 million bpd in 2004) now than under Hussein (2.1 million bpd in 2002). Iraq's hospitals and schools are better equipped and better staffed, and their roads and bridges have been rebuilt, too.

Unlike under Hussein during sanctions, the Iraqi people aren't starving to death today. Iraqi water is better today than under Hussein, and even the septic/sewer systems are better now than then.

Oh, and Iraq is writing its own Constitution.

Iraq after 2 years of U.S. influence is farther along than Germany after 10 years of U.S. occupation after WW2.

[7.62 x 51mm]

Put that Etch-A-Sketch® down, and step away from the adult beverage table, D.

We're kicking muslim terrorist ass, major league. The traitorous liberal-demokkkRATs are making it seem a whole lot worse than it really is, to the American public. Get a grip.